Unit APPLIED CORPORATE FINANCE
- Course
- Quantitative finance and data science for economics
- Study-unit Code
- A001939
- Curriculum
- Quantitative and computational finance
- Teacher
- Alberto Burchi
- Teachers
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- Alberto Burchi
- Hours
- 63 ore - Alberto Burchi
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline aziendali
- Academic discipline
- SECS-P/11
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Table of Contents
Part One: Value
Part Two: Risk
Part Three: Best Practices in Capital Budgeting
Part Four: Financing Decisions and Market Efficiency
Part Five: Payout Policy and Capital Structure
Part Six: Options
Part Seven: Debt Financing
Part Eight: Risk Management
Part Nine: Financial Planning and Working Capital Management
Part Ten: Mergers, Corporate Control, and Governance
Part Eleven: Conclusion - Reference texts
- Brealey, R. A., Myers, S. C., & Allen, F. (2019). Principles of corporate finance. 13th International edition.
- Educational objectives
- The course describes the theory and practice of corporate finance.
In this course we show how managers use financial theory to solve practical problems. Much of the course is about understanding what financial managers do and why. But let's also say what financial managers should do to increase the value of the company.
Great attention is paid to international aspects through case studies and group work. - Prerequisites
- No
- Teaching methods
- 1. Frontal lesson
2. Case study
3. Group learning
4. Problem Solving
5. Role playing
6. Assignment
7. Discussion - Other information
- No
- Learning verification modality
- Written exam with open answer questions Students' presentation of seminars on topics regarding the teaching course
- Extended program
- Table of Contents
Part One: Value
Ch. 1 Introduction to Corporate Finance
Ch. 2 How to Calculate Present Values
Ch. 3 Valuing Bonds
Ch. 4 The Value of Common Stocks
Ch. 5 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria
Ch. 6 Making Investment Decisions with the Net Present Value Rule
Part Two: Risk
Ch. 7 Introduction to Risk and Return
Ch. 8 Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model
Ch. 9 Risk and the Cost of Capital
Part Three: Best Practices in Capital Budgeting
Ch. 10 Project Analysis
Ch. 11 How to Ensure that Projects Truly Have Positive NPVs
Ch. 12 Agency Problems and Investment
Part Four: Financing Decisions and Market Efficiency
Ch. 13 Efficient Markets and Behavioral Finance
Ch. 14 An Overview of Corporate Financing
Ch. 15 How Corporations Issue Securities
Part Five: Payout Policy and Capital Structure
Ch. 16 Payout Policy
Ch. 17 Does Debt Policy Matter?
Ch. 18 How Much Should a Corporation Borrow
Ch. 19 Financing and Valuation
Part Eleven: Conclusion
Ch. 34 Conclusion: What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance